Company Profile

Company Description:

Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation (“PCBC”) is an independent public media organization, home to news/journalism via 90.5 WESA and adult alternative music via 91.3 WYEP.Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation (“PCBC”) is an independent public media organization, home to news/journalism via WESA 90.5FM and adult alternative music via WYEP 91.3FM.

WYEP
WYEP was founded in 1974 and broadcasts to the region on 91.3FM. With the tagline “Where the Music Matters,” WYEP is an AAA format station, curating fresh, alternative music; providing community education programs; and presenting a large number of highly visible events and concerts in the region.

WESA
In 2011, PCBC acquired 90.5FM spectrum from Duquesne University. WESA, with a news/NPR format, is dedicated to informing people in ways that engage and inspire dialogue about global, national and community issues. As southwestern Pennsylvania’s only independent public radio news and information station, it gives voice to provocative ideas that foster a vibrant, informed, diverse and caring community.

PCBC is located in the historic Pittsburgh South Side with easy access to downtown Pittsburgh and a variety of local restaurants and live music venues. Both stations broadcast from a 19,000 square-foot broadcasting center, which was the first LEED-NC Silver certified “green station in the nation” when built in 2006.